Estimating carbon supply curves from afforestation of agricultural land in the Northeastern U.S

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 925-942

  Winsten, Jonathan ^a,b   Walker, Sarah ^a   Brown, Sandra ^a   Grimland, Sean ^a  

^a WINROCK INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Agriculture; Carbon sequestration; Carbon supply curves; Climate change mitigation; Economic analysis; Opportunity costs

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; PASTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 81755172022     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-011-9303-0     Document Type: Article

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